Does an associates in pre-nursing only amount to anything to employers?

[northmississippi]

my college has a pre-nursing program for bsn transfer,,,but does prenursing alone mean anything when applying for a job? do they even care if you did prenursing as long as you have Rn license?

[OB-nurse2013, BSN, RN]

I'm not sure what you're asking, could you be a bit more specific?

[Student4_life]

Honestly it's just a way for your school to increase their grad rate. A degree in pre-nursing means very little (although writing that you have an AA on a resume looks better than writing that you have 59 college credits in sciences and humanities with an emphases on Biology).

If it's free do it, especially if you have a very high GPA and have a chance at graduating with honors (I kinda wish my school had a pre-nursing degree, but all they have is a GS, and that requires two extra classes that my scholarships don't cover).

[anon695]

Like most degrees, it doesn't mean anything to employers except that you have SOME kind of degree. Since practically everyone has a college degree now, jobs that didn't used to requite a degree now all put "must have AA or BA" just because they can get "higher quality" applicants that way. I got a BA in English and then worked as a receptionist and an administrative assistant (fancy word for secretary). Did I need 4 years of college and a degree to prepare me to perform adequately as a receptionist or secretary? Absolutely not. Were those jobs requiring that applicants have a degree anyway? You bet! So having that degree just widens the number of unrelated jobs you can be considered a viable applicant for.

[K nurse-one-day]

I've never heard of an AA in pre nursing. How many classes is it? Your not just talking about pre reqs? Or an Assosciates degree?

[IaCountryGirl]

The pre-nursing option doesn't obtain you an RN. It's an A.S. that preps you for nursing courses at a BSN level at another college where you will go to get your RN.